Privacy Policy

Skool Is Out Website Privacy Policy and Data Protection

This privacy policy sets out how Skool Is Out uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.

Skool Is Out is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

What information do we retain and process?
Through our contact forms we collect the following information about you/your child/ren:
• You and your child/ren’s name/s
• Email address and telephone contact number
• Child/ren’s school and class and days required for childcare
• Details of any additional needs

Legal Basis
The information and personal data we collect is collected and retained under a ‘consent’ legal basis insofar as this is defined, and in accordance with, General Data Protect Regulation guidelines.

Access to personal data
Only allocated members of Skool Is Out’s Senior Management Team will have access to the personal data provided on our contact forms.

How your information will be used
We require this information to highlight your interest in our childcare services, and to update our childcare waiting lists and contact mailing lists accordingly. We may periodically send emails relating to our holiday provisions if you have indicated an interest in this service. We may also contact you by email or telephone, as necessary.

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Cookies
Please refer to our specific Cookie Policy (below) for further information about how we use cookies to improve your experience of this website. Cookies do not provide us with any identifiable information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us through our web contact forms. You can choose to accept or decline cookies; however, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website features.

Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Sharing your personal information
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information supplied to us through website forms or website access to third parties, unless we have your express permission or are required by law to do so.

Data breeches
Any potential data breaches will be investigated and reported in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations. Skool Is Out will ensure that any breaches of data are reported to the relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours. In order to minimise any potential breaches of confidential data Skool Is Out will ensure that all electronic and manual data retention systems are up-to-date and regularly monitored. Skool Is Out employs Dunedin IT for IT support and security to ensure web security is maximised. SSL?

Your rights
You have the right to request access to the personal information that we hold on you, as well as the right to request rectification or erasure of your personal data and the right to restrict and object to processing.

To make a subject access request, or If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed, you should write to:

You should clearly outline details of the specific information you require and any relevant dates. Skool Is Out then has a maximum period of 30 days to respond to your request.

You have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) if you believe that we have not complied with the requirements of the GDPR with regard to your or your child/ren’s personal data.

Changes to our Privacy Policy
We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 25th May 2018.

About cookies

Cookies are information packets sent by web servers to web browsers, and stored by the web browsers.

The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables a web server to identify and track web browsers.

There are two main kinds of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiry date.

Cookies on our website

Skool Is Out uses the following cookies on this website, for the following purposes:

WordPress’s cookies do not track the user, they leave site-only info.

Google cookies

Skool Is Out uses Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store and use this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Refusing cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies.

In Internet Explorer, you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.

In Firefox, you can adjust your cookies settings by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”.

Blocking cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of some websites.